BRUMMIE television presenter Adrian Chiles will be in "complete misery" over England's European qualifying match against Croatia tonight.

BRUMMIE television presenter Adrian Chiles will be in "complete misery" over England's European qualifying match tonight.

The footie-mad half-Croatian journalist is torn over which team to support in the England-Croatia crunch match.

Although born and bred in Birmingham, Chiles' mother originates from Croatia and he cannot decide which team to cheer for.

Chiles, presenter of BBC1's The One Show, Match of the Day 2 and Five Live's flagship football phone-in programme 606, is well known for his love of the game and for being a West Bromwich Albion fanatic.

But the star told the Birmingham Mail the match will cause him problems.

"I'll be in complete misery while watching," said 40-year-old Chiles.

"My mum is hysterical when Croatia play and my dad doesn't know what to do with himself.

"I don't think Croatia are going to be a pushover though because half of Croatia's supporters are in London. I'll be more than happy with a draw."

Croatia have already qualified for the next round, but England's fate still rests on clinching a draw or win to reach the 2008 Euro championships.

But Chiles said if both teams qualify it would cause him more problems.

"If England do get through, watching the matches will be absolutely awful," he said.

"I would edge slightly more towards supporting England in Euro 2008, but would hate to ever have to watch the pair face each other at that stage."

Chiles, unwilling to make a prediction, believes England will have to work hard to qualify tonight especially after the team's last Euro performance.

They lost 2-1 in Russia in a game that many felt signalled the end of their chances of reaching Austria and Switzerland, but were handed a reprieve when Israel beat Russia last weekend.